Repeated notes invented by Monteverdi are adopted by Classical music from Baroque, which have a special meaning, in the early music (prior to 1600); they only appeared in onomatopoeia when the tone is divided into syllables. Many Classical symphony movements are composed over stereotypical repeated eighth notes in the basses, which results in a strong feeling of excitement and tension emanating from the accompaniment. And in Classical music today, endlessly repeated eighth or sixteenth- notes are often played just like they were simple repeated or sixteenth "notes and not in force repea...

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